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in the most cOupona on Oetober
!the .20a. 1910,
APEt
Watchmaker,
Jeweler and Optician a
MARKETS
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•ate-,orreeted tip to Werinioday noon)
"Wheat; ,:. .. .'...., ...•-, • , . , ', . , ,, ., ,i,',40
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Qats„...... • 0 '• • •. • '• • • I • • • •
.;:' ' tiirley .•:-.7.; ....,', ,. ,, .. i .,.., -, ....".. , .79, ........ •
' Batter ',- ,--. 7 .: ; ;';';'::-.;..:- -.--:7.:-..--'-0.---:---.-28
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Egg, freeh...:•:... a. „ , .....,..., 19 .. .
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ouoN'tb raren.:0 mainwEK; •
Wheat huah, -.$ f: 40 to $ 1 65
• betp,, bush- ..... 4. .4t A .• 65 to 66
Barley, busli 83 to 84.
. Peas, bUS1Z 2 to '1 35
TiMothy, day,. . 18 00 to 21 00
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Mixed and CloVer, • „16:00-'-tO 18,,00
Baled.Timothy No: 1.- 39 00 , to 20Oa
Choice_ heavy steersS 60 to 8 25
..ilogs,' off cars 8 90, to : 09, 00
9-.00-10714700
Bpiing Lambs Erpo to 8;0
„She1r ewes,- catt-a.a 4'4,1-'5 15 to .6Q
Butter. • —28 to 32-
: Eggo, dez • A • • -• ,29.1to 26
Potatoes,. bag, 0, 60 to • 7. 0
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Our Stock f new
papers is ready for
your .inspection. •The
'patterns, colors' and
prices will please you
.4 large assortment
to choose from; -You,
- may return remnants
or add to -your= order
'witholitt expense or
-delay "i4 -
you send out oftown'
Examinalion
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DR. A. M. .SPENCE1
DRUGS
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11,XCEDIOlat; ONT., TilURSDAY. APRIL 29th., 19144
Single Cople4 3 . coots
L0C14 AND OENERAL
,
Coneervative Convention/A FerinCina5
to -day.
1„.46okri 8iitougiknit had hprroteed
a week frera Auguet.
MoKinnee left bare on Men-
alay laet for North Ilay.
Buggy, Carriage and Automobile re -
Painting doee by Jim C. Anderson
. Old Town Halt
-Mrs. Knout lin nf BeffalOt vieltedher
mother,' Mn.. A. ,111cItinnon a few days
this week.
Cameren was. in .roendon,
Monday • and • Tamelyattending the
Synod of the Presbyterian. Church..
• Over '70 ,Oddiellewe, a rnirnber being
visitors, Attended divine „serviceain 4110:
'4,4glitan Ohnreli here last Sunday..
Old. ThirnitUre revarnished, stained;
polished etc, ;Bedroom Suits enameled '
and band decorated, Jint P, Anderson,
29e4atf:,, • Mil Town gall.
. Miss A. Woods has secured the -ser.
views, of Mss &lane, of Stretford, to
take charge Of - her Dreitaineking Shop.
She willeonnoenee May 1st. . • ••
There will be a Dominion; Day .cele-
bration at Teeowater this year, The
Base Ball dlub 'and. the palm Library
Board will join in preMotirig the cele-
bration. ' • • ' -
A- Convention of the Liberals of
Smith .Bruce wili be held at Formes.
or, May- 4th.; for organization and the
selection -Of a Candidate to contest the
ridingin. the neXt. Dornimon. eleetion,
Robe: Trench; aPPObetred SPeeiateen-
•stable by the Teeewater village council,
it to have a rerneneratioe the usual fees'
allowed under the Ontario Statute and
, • ,
onehalf the tineq in local option cases.
• ihitmers don't- send eavar for -youre
woven fencing,. as we can supple' you at
exactly the same pridelind we feel satis-
fied you Weald rather' leave your money
at home' when. you can buy As well; 0
14acknow Vardware-$z --Coal. -Co .
,
Arrengetnentehave• been Made for the
• Watering of, 'OtimPhell_.: $t. daring the
dry season. ' The commencement of
pp -anti -ens however.. wile sigdalliaecla by
the usual breakdown of the water tank.
'This style of tank , hard to • keep in
• • .
Mr. OraWfork Ford oar agent at
Winghane was in town lest' Saturday
looking up prospects. „ •aThe.19.1.0 medal
• which he had with hint is. a very protty,
car laving Awe improvements over
is though one
ot-more-of-our-eitizenseatould
OBITUARY
LACIILAB 3g0111TOta1l 5,
Very beautifiil indeed was the passing
hence of another j)fbur_pione'
ers in' the
pemen of Ma Lachlan Mcintesll who
died at noon 011 Friday last, the 234
The deceased, after a long life of lieitrtj
eight34lX years during-. which he had
never known sickness, took to bed just
a week before the end came. During the
lost few years his bodily, powers had
failed considerably, and his friends who
often saw hisfamiliar nettre on thestreet
noted that, although he Still held him.
self erect AS eVerOritt Step was bee:Oiling
shoiter and shorter. Be had no pain;
he hact no particular sioltness,., juin. • a
'weakening down of the bodily powers,
Until At last he fell asleep. •
Mi. MeImosla was born in 1829, in the
Parish of Legge%Inverness shire. At the
WON FARMER MURDERED
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Robert Beek of collsoree• Zeit Dead ell
* Road. -Looks Like Spite, Week,
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Owe BIM a Mystery. --
Min Arrested
B.he
0 rt-Ilean, a ,farniet Of Colborne
TOwnehiPi.tlear Car10*, Huron Count',
was shot and instantly killed 04.Stinclay
night while driving home after a mit to
:4 'neighbor.' He was shot in, the bark
with a Sha pa Two ShOtasVere fired,
the lirst heaang missed, the sec9nd. was
Oreditt 'Short:range and was
' The elleoting Occurred in :frOntref Col. ,
Varcoe'eafarm, and the body was foiwd
on the road somia time.later by Eineee
'Patterson. •
PrOvineial Inspector Harry Reaberna
of Toronto," or erotittog on the gag; and
Chief ConstahleXhiteiide;of •Hensall,
haSheen,c aged asel4
age of tWeetreevee aanleto Clauati4. -all , keel. comitabularrolso aye -levee,
and after .fifteen. years of .rosideeee the
Yerionaparthoof the POrrilmen, he settled
on ii:farin -en the second eoncesaion of.
Huron. It Was a buh farm and the
heevy watt of gleaning it fell to his' lot.
In /882 linmarried Margaret McPliersop,
vvho with their daughter; Isabel, survives•
him. • In 1902 the family retired !rote •
„the fain and eitarie to Lucknow to live.
During his last illness be was tenderly
miniatered, to by. his -daug4ter, who is
pia etising as a trained nurse it' Hama
ton. Tbia deceased was honeritble and
uprightln-all his ways. He was a Lib-
eral in Politics and a devoted rnember of
• the Presbyterian Church. HO was bbried
on Monday afternoon in Kinless &en-
etery, where Si) many °cam fathers of
.che community have been laid t� rest.
. We are glad to know that Mrs. able.,
Tntosh, Who has been ill for some days,
1$ 'recovering •
War Soavealrs ,
, • ihe ponunion DII-Yconunitleot
haat, have organised for the -season. and
intend bolding a monster:. celebration
again, this year. ,Further particulars Will
be given in ,The sentinel' tater, w El
Willis ia•the-seeretary and anything you.
may "wittie: to knowabout it will be
answered promptly. .
It la announced from Toropto that
the'annual grants to fall •faint Wai.be
paid in fell. It Was annou:needbist fall
that the grants would be. cut 59%, but •
Maas now been 'decided to leave the
the sameas inaprevious years.. This
Actioa,.0f:tha department Of AgriCtiltine
will bo appreciated byailie *management
of the Vatiouti'fall fairs;
The Hepworth Progress of last week
:said. that "Mrs. Vance had a •niairowes-
dope fronaa 22, calibre ride. latillet., The
gun was in the bands of her little
the. trigger catching on his •bleusta' and
causing ,it4o-go-ALL bullet „just'
niepep the top of her ear." We would
, jest add that the woinitit who is fool
enough to "allow a iittlo bey to piny
about the-hpuse with a loaded rifle' May
expect to be shot. . • •
tigating the eireineetances of the killing.
• ..That the else is 0110 • of 'gold:blooded
thilrder appears to Orbit of no deubt,
and the :inv.estigating officialsare not
attempting to Work on any other theory.
They admit, bovvever, that up' to the
present they, have no ohm 'which 'would
help them to And the murderer or mur-
derers. • a
inia#LatinE IN TITO
• Se fel' the eyiderica is bare: - Ernest
Patterson, of Aaiun, . who foiled the
body. is unable to throw any light on
the affair, a :Bert Varcoea a, son of •Col.
Varcoe, in front of Whose house the
shootingoccurred, heard Mr 13eae drive
by, and, heard a shot, followed by -the
formeesaluestion of "What he you doing
there'. The sound of a second shot
reached him and aftera that there was
silence,. '
• The theory isaadvantedthat the Vitra
der was the work of someene who knew
Bean's Weekly'practice ,driVieg
out on Sunday &Jelling to Visit A neigh:'
,DRAMATIC C.L130
• AT KINCARDINE
The Lucknow Draniatie Club ecored
L splendid s4ce.ss last week hi present -
ng "The Siieet DetectiVe at Itineardine.
Of the affair The BePorter had the fo1.
lowing to say:
On Tuesday 'eVetung large and
Preciative andience greetedilielaicknoi
*Draintitic Club in the onera house here
, when they pregented "The Silent, Detee,
• aye". a drama ,tp. three Acta, wider, the
auspices of: the Kineartline. Bed .0ross
Society and the •• Kineardine General
Hospital The, play was scrie,comica
111 character and was full of action
throughout. ,MiSis Lda•Taylor :as liar -
era Gray took the leading part; which
$ibe•Prefientod liria Most pleasingatid rea
Pte4 manner. . 'Shebat, considerable
reputation and eaded:t0 it by ber pleas,
ing and'winsonie manner. ie the difficillt
dchat,"as YrOeht1)..'MAleista l;VI:te4r al8id
dif-
ficult role in a most capable manner,
depleting the designing and jealous woa
man perfectly. 'Mrs, Wesley Joynt,
as Susan Wilkins, a kiedly soul with a
penchant fpr ;poetry, was a aplendid.part
and- Mrs, Joynt by her, naturalness was
a favorite in her every scene. Her solo'
-was one of enjoyable features Of 1)(1.
eveaiug., .She has p, Voice of rare sweet-
ness which she uses to the best advan-
tage. Miss Beim Gordon' took the -part
of'Nellie•Gray in a splendid manlier,
being. certaiirof her ground and decisive
in her deci.siens. Miss Annie. Boyd, at
Mts. Howells, had a pleasing and sym-
pathetic part which she interpreted well.
Kra. David Gilbertson, as "Chlee",, did
*excellent, and a great deal .o( credit is
due, as alie took the Perk PR ebloarcitynowtiheoe
°wiper to the illness Of the
Played it previously, Mr T. S. Reid,
„first as Mr. Gray and -then as Bort
, Steel Mabirenzie has received from
Goderich, and ley, played both part • well. ' Mr.
Haw-
hiarincle, Dr. Alex Mackeezie,-now . I)" oetween Clorlow and.
Fhillip
Ft,lice With the 48th: . Highlanders- A Yv140 htY in wait for hint 'its he was MacMillan, ' as Jerry Wilkins, in love
coupleof interseting- solvnnirt _of Om turning from this visit. DeteCtive Rea- with his' wife and her poetry, was strong
theory untillie haa mOre to go on'tfian able borne scene indulged. in 'by Susan
lox, we hem; so laaah aead ohitrin'el ban,refuses ratalisefterthir tuirother and enjoy-
andTaggertiTrhia-workan&-thea`-
,
of so in y being woupde
by isharpeel that it is interesting to see
just what the -*out limos,. The
souv-
enirs bonaist of a sharpitel buliet and -a
fragment of ellen. The ballet NA round
pillet -of- led, battered someWbatz, -aoct
the size of a very small marble-lappet-
ently lees than bait an inch in diameter.
The fragment is of caet non -an oblong
flake about * inch thick and apparently
front 04hell of ; 'jIl thick sss.
The ground in parts Belgium nd
France Must be thickly covered with
these. Every shrapnel shell -' which
bursts throw: a shower of. from 246 to of the gun alniost tonching his body.
260 bullets,besides ` the fragments of The two spent shells were found about
theshisilitself, • . ' , • _169,feet apart, one on either side of the-
_
Fall weaar aide acts b• • . titiziegt;s-lishittlhieelinosurst-
totaraginglea e- t ease ou• , • ., :a
Were Ifebiredifilithat-aofafalt wheat- fir -ret41-11,9-kfagm 419n4a-Clk
vett Lel e sonie•timeIater..
The --dead man is survived by his
Widow, three sons and three daughters.
The sons are all living at home with
their mother. The daughters are: Mrs.
High Hillal3enmilleia Mrs. Win. Corey,
Nile, and Mrs. Wm. 'Doak, Goderich:
The familyis terribly giiif-stricken. by
the tragedy, for. which' they are :unable
to offer any explanation. So fat as they
knew! Mr: Bean had no eneniies, and
can give no information. Which would
offera dee as to the motive for the
crime.
helms at present „ . Wiains, Marcia Gray and he was apiece
The first Abet fired .apparently failed of fine acting,' Mr. Da.vicl: Gilbertson
• to strike -Mr. Beanabut_the,eecond must played the part of Fred, Howells* niost
have been instantly fatale as the whole acceptably and Mi. Harold Atha° took
charge of shot went into his body below the part of • Dr. 'Algott in 'a splendid
the shoulder -blade and practically tote manner. • . , • •-•
out his lungs and 61'164 , The,entire play ran sineotli"itida all
,ckknk-wane,afe Imam' bad their lines well in hand. The pro
ceeds of the evening amounted to about,
There Was no scattering Of the shot,
In the nnfoitunateaman's ' fl.°
flesh, indica. acts the audience was favor_end the Wad of the load was embedded Between'solop, one by Miss
ting clearly-theted with two capital , the charge was fired, at Mabel Allio who has been heard 'here
close onartars, PrOba.bly with the muzzle beforeand is a favorite with Kincardine
this locality. - Thereahas been very little
winter killing on landthat is at all favor-
able and the plants are healthy and
strong. It is particularly desirable that
Ontario should have a good crop of fad
wheat this this year. It will mean. A great
dealatiot only for the fanner but for the
Empireas a whole,. Expecting good
vices bacMise of conditions arieing one
of the va,r many farmers increased the
acreage seeded hast fell, and it is greatly
' to be desired that ..heir efforts be well
rewarded. it is also a matter of the first.
that the Empire be aseute&
Of a large sepplv of wheat for. next fal
and •winter. While the war teetinues
the waste of lood etuffs will he enor-
mous, and it raonot, be otherwise than
that in the great Wheat -producing' areas
of France and Russia, the production
will this. year 12..n.grestly reduced. Good, He is being held, awaiting word from
Wintering, cf course, dries' not abinintelf l)ctroit Tlie. PrisonerfOrilietly-trotked-
&grantee a gon4 eropof fall -wheat even forjaines• Glenn, near the scene of the
in Gated° It still has the dangers of murder; and it was here he was picked
Libereireiceting •
A -meeting of Lucknow Liberals
:1 e held-fie-thernatnoterAarSaSeambe
office on Friday evening, April 30th. at
8 O'clock for,thn-puipOse Of Appointing
delegates to a convention tobe held in
ForfrieSiton-Maatith
- a a Wat:4CoalaiRi.laitionvener
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New Tin Shop • -a .
•
• I have:deeidi&-tc.Th-tiiii-nPaii thistnith-
ing.andpletubing ahopin. Lucknow and
hope to be ready foribusinestaby the end.
Of next week; when I, shailL))6 at the
--t-`-eir-Viee444-11•043tIbliC;;:•44bgati0ti4itit :ytt
definitely arranged fort- Further
an-
nouncewent text week.. , • • • •
/Mei
waickmcliet__ . •
Ofte of our Bruce Co. exchange editors
tos el. a man who did his town by tak-
ing Well known- rnag-
azuie. He
asked.fbi a payment' of 'one,
dollar, but if he couldn't get that he
took 50ee. The magazines failed to come,
and the:paiDaters-stid.the man w'ui
not employed by them at alL He; no
doubt; was putting the inonee all in his
(WO pocket. He wastarrested at Owen
4 Sound,- but VAihillow4,..•te,-.gc(Itee ou
refunding the money collected. Wog;
at liberty. he, of eourse, may try the
genie in Other-t0Whir,
tie Knows ••
Are If[sUettlor
%tirtTemi of%ats
1)113ENT/iEst Coup'e;15::". :14
Payable lialt.Yearlit,
NEd011ABLE -
t—
As.ietts--$7,480,3P
The Urea( West Permanent Loan Compao j
11 20.sing st,west . • • • Toronto ,
•Represented by
jos; Agq.ewl. liocknow, Ont
Gut"urgire Mace Out
nik"" '"' FlOWers f)t
any purpose. Wed' iihigiLapehem
and Fioral Designs a Wialty.
Stewart's,.
ettclerichi Oflt
Oho** 105
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Art. Wesley, editor :or Tho woo Her -
aid and Tinto* of Walkerton, himself
'married less than a *ear ago,. And them -
fore an authority, writes as follows; -
"Five happy', laughing, wedding :taillike
Onwhortatlionaptial_ knot had_juitheen_
tied, drove into Virillierton On Teem -lay
and had their pictures taken. It • is el,
woe well to get them taken before the
smile &ones 'Off, for ;pictures of intuited
couples when taken" later always slenflo
he minus the smiles. It is, therefore,
nice for the grooms to lookbacic and ebe,
how happy they Mien were -before Wrest-
ling With coal bills and the raise in flour.
Miele nothing, fear ,fitithing; vvoktbir
fleet:mints, for the Wier On most Wedding
photos, but the , man who Is taught
laughing later sholtiti .he violoa
oupicloo, • ;
•
--wart A taSTED•
-
• •While working on the murder case the
• police came across Arthur Marriot,
wanted in r Detroit for stealing COO.
Chief Postlethwaite -was notified, on
Saturday to be on the lookout for him.'
people, and one by Mr. Harold Alibi,
who has a fine rich base voice of pleasing
aBotietioloaaveregreatry_enjoye.
• Thtatateknewaerchestra,-2which- was
apresenti,tuldedatqathe,pleasure.,bfLthe.,
evening by pleyinga nember-cfatapital:
overtures during the evening.
• ' At the conclusion‘ef the performance
Mr. J I:Renter on behalf of the Red
Cross Society and ,Kincardine General
Hospital moved a hearty vote of thanks
to the Lucknow friends who so gener-
ously gave of their tin:mend talent.'
The ladies of the two organizations
'served lunch and a pleasant social hour
was enjeyed-by a =Ober.' •
orouthand.aust to pass-abat-winfer kill- -alai- trying -ate buy- horses.. It -is -sal
ing is by far the greatest danger. • . that -Marnotha,d two revolvers on him.
•
when • arrested: • ,
It hassince been
shownthat Marrio
Widticlitirch Could have nothing to do with the mur-
der as he did not, arrive in Goderich
-•-Tuesday, April 27th. • until Monday mottling.
-A. Fox has jiast received -another nal- • -
STANDING FIELD
• CROP 'COMPETITION a veian
lead of cemthit. • t-
Tbe lawn tepnis•groutid is :well pat.
ronize& those dais.
Mr -Chas. Gill&ple,'efSCalortlf, spent
Sundayat
Corp.,Garton, ofLondon,-, Visiting
his mother -for -a -few day.
• Mrs Chester Longman is visiting ret-
• . •
week.
Mr
' Thos. Burnett; of Listowel, the
'lam Deere Ageet, was. in the 'aillage
,this ' - • - . -* ,
Mias lernia.a ifeltenireTifWiiiTiim
spent, Sunday at the home of Mr. john
-Egieetone.- ' • ,
• Mr and Miss Davies and their niece,
'Visa D,ptOthy Walker, left for the, West
on Tueado,y morning,. • '
'Mai Wilson -of Winglieni 'run
_ 9 81 "
her brother, Mr. Jas; Wilson, ,wlio has
been seriously ill *with pneutnonia„
,PROORE$$ OF THE WAR
(Written for fanners tq, busy to read
dailies :
With the 'oommeneement of a great
battle, the eentrerot which was a. little -
north of Ypres, Belgium, (Pronettnoe
'that 41pr" 'giving the i a Bound'. between
e and a) the war on the western front
entered upon:a new phas'C••• The WO
has incerne fairly drYS0,that,0Peratio4
04 a large scale above 'ground can be
carried op. First there was the fait
angipaign ending with -the great battle
of Flanders in Oetelaer, when tna Ger-
Maps failed, in their attempt, to reach
'Cala* then. there Was 'tela long %view,
Warfare in the trenches; now has opened'
the entinner,OamPaigo. a • '
lift161i baibeen,Said, about the great
British and kreneli drive which. was ffi.
begin about the *eke! 314Y, The.Gerl
Mans. appear to bave anticipated this
drive, and, taking, the leitiatietythey
started in to do the driving. • This is in
keeping 'With the theory of German mili-
tary
Mep, that it is better to fight on the
offensive. • , •
• With the object, no 460.4 of offsett-
ing in advanee .tbe expected 'drive by the
Allies, the Germans on hist Thuredey or
early•Fridey coremeneed an attack arde-
ticallya all along theavhole line from*
$Witzerland to the. North 'Sea. The
chief drive, however, was oh the, same
'ground as was fought over in October in
the battle of Ypres or Flanders. At this
• point they concentrated an immense
array variously estimated upto a half
naillien men This was just about the
point where where the • southern .end of. the•
French -=B, elgia*,,n northern :army jiined
the northern end of the ,Beittsla and
-Canadian armies. MEI Vanadirms,vvere.
op *the extrenie berth of the :British line
and touching elbows, ap to say, with the
• French.
• •
For some :reason -net Yet eXplainecl the'
theFrenciestefence at tkilepoint broke
down-
down- over -powered perhaps; by the„
numbers cf German .gimti arul men. The .
-Freedb were driven back and the Cana-
dians to theitright had to fail back also
or be eurioueded: It is even reported
•Ithat they 'were in large Measure sur
rounded by theGermans and Veere ex-
1ncated -their own:desperate
vaIor-anditheaisistariceof F_renciaaLand,
--Beigiterairlin-catne to the rescue
stated „thatacilieconunence,merit
,of tlniattack_upon_theriench,Ahe_Ger-
Mans ukd shells containing an asphyai-
eating. gas, and it may be that -thia.
-created something of a panic, thus mak-
ing the first break and giving the German
battery ram a start,.
As the left wiper of the Canadian error
swung ewer from. the German advance
"they were obliged -to leave behind a few
of their Splendid -heavy fieldgries. This
was a sore, touch, and having reccivered
from the first shock and retreat, our fel-
lows formed ,up again and in a desperate
though costly charge recaptured , the
NEW
guns, inflictitig a local defeat upon . the
•_ , . -Germans and, taking-many-prisoneraa
a DIE .1,enetiE.-The meeting of the' This . fightingappears to have lead
League on Monday evening took the throeghout, Friday, Saturday and Sun7
fcrm �f "Offidera' Program"-, ‘The-ilear -day, and the liklihoodis that the battle
officers, whe .were elected previous Mon- stul,rageci throngheut theataitly days of
day evening, gave a synops•s of the work the week, which would account . for the
each department is expected ,to do and rather maager and unsatisfying . reports
:whit the-year's.work will of. which have come through. •
.The League is looking forward to a pies- At latest repoets.the Germans. appeer
Remus and beneficial year. - to have gained ground varying from a
,leve hundred Yerals to.perheeakaar Mika_
in depth aldng a !rent of five- or seven
miles. Considering the effort made, this
cannot be regarded as a , great, victory.
It broke the:Allies' first line of defence
, at that particular point, but it .did not
begin to penetrate the whole line, which
-niust-bas-llye-t0•-ten.-4111edeep.--And--if-:
it did hammer its way through In this
narrow spade, whatwouldhappenl Ged-'
— „ere), EaenCh is sa to ave rema k _in
, . •
, -An servifes, - in
•Lucknow Presbyterian church on.San-
day May 9th. , Rev.. Mr. McKertoll,
pastor of Victoria, church, Toronto, is
expected to conduct the services. • It is
just twenty-five years since the church
was opened, and the members. of the
c looking for very' suceesefirl:
•serviges. Mr. Melierroll will lecture on -
"Billy Sunday and his wark", on Mort;
Tliablreeteraa the:
zuritrap.. -1,-.8(tefett:iiitve7niatie entry for
-
the Standing Field Drop Competition
fot the Year 1015.-TheLvarteties of grain
aret Oats, encl.:Barley.. Members of the
• a t I
Miss, Mable saartoa and Mre. 3. E.
theliabrotheerMea
Ed. Gattoni m Brusseis, this 'week,
WiesSrs. Patten, Gillespie, Hendereon
• aod Gaunt visited the Oddfellowts' lodges
itt Lticknow and Btussels oe Sunday,
$ The Niissionary Soeiety of the Presby -
Wrier' Church held a very Successful
guilting,bee ill the basetnent last Wed-
• nesday' eftettioon,
or both of these varieties are required
.to-,rnalre entry, ,with the undersigned
before the the- 21st. day Of May emit.'
Datedait Lucknow this 28:1h. day Of
•pril A. '_D• • ,
• J. E. Agnew, See'y
3-5 c. Lueiceciw Agricultural Soeiety.
We notice a few ef the Langeide boys
-Ogee bete-titiite often, especially -James ,
McIntosh and Angus Strome. • What is
the attraction boysl
Teeswater
a-- • -
' • a--Ttiesirarif27
Rev;W. A. Bradl,ey is away this
week attending a meeting of Synorlial
ateitalen.
Robert tlalieugh, grocer and reeve
of Teeswateri has sold nut his grocery
business to a Matt feero Mount Fores.
Me. Mallough, it is said, intends aiov.
irig to Toronto. •\
' Jetties. Robertson in beck from To-
tonto. It is hopial the operation he
underwent was successfUl. He looks
quite recovered and is welcomed on
the streets -again.
The , Coneerviatite Convention for
•the nomination Of a candidate for the
Hot& of Oeinnions is to -be. 'held to
the Stone School, Forinosa; at 2.30
p. m. 011 the 29t1i., .
The Band, Baseball team Ade Li-
brary Beard are organized for e first
of July celebration which is to be the
best ever. With nearly everybooster
111 tho village bucking the. orginitzetiee
.thero should. be a Splendid day .
TeDiVititer thi 10 a 444
•
•
-John Zglestone has purchased ',A.
fine neW,ttrbb#C.tired buggy. You had
;hetthr stay away from Wieghtim on
Sunday nights now John. •
test Sunday evening the Guild Was
led by Agnes Kennedy arid Maggie
LaidlaW, the subject below). "The Bible,
the World's Supreme Book," The slib-
ject for next Stiod# eight is, "Joys Of
the elitietian Life,t the loglor 'belts
wokt.041304101101
•
,ay e•reference bat this. Gelman-, delve "The
FAMOUS LASE SETTLED
Many of our readers will remenibee
the fawns Will case of the late Alichai
Fraser who lived near Midland. Thi 4
eaSa attracted .-rauch attentou ahouG
three years go. Fraser was the last sur.
laver of a family of bachelors and mt.,
his possession hail come a f or tri 11 0
41140140tillg to about one hundred thou
sand dollars. When a very old nati,t
(about 80) be married a woman mow
younger ;than lumeeit, and at his ,deatst
it Was hitrid that he had willed moth
ally all hire property to her. The will
was stmeha by family connection ‘,f
Fraserand a battle royal in the courtr,
• nsued in which it weaanleged tnet Alfa
Freserwai not in a, At state of mind to.
contract ania,rdiage or execute a.wilh.
The litigation which has , been geing
on for over WO nagi and 'Mgt *WV' s
MO in the neighbourhood of S15,06
was ended through a settlement JeoAlf.. •
'ecl between the parties.. Though. -11).4 '
teirns have not heep‘madopithile,... 11. t. .
eata ;that "the eonsideration.' paid Oa
McCormick's for withdrawing their' op
position was betWeen .$15,000
000. • BO artit: Fraser could afford ta •
inAe a liberal settlement fri, as swot, ,
as the Michael Fraser will • was mo
%bled she fell heir to the big estate of
Michael. Frasees brother John, who_
left everything to his brother, lcbaet
This estate was originally placed ar."
-$48,000, but with three Yearel-.acciueit
interest and appreciation of "velnea t..'
now well worth on to $60,000," Michael
Fraser and John Irwin were the eae
cutors, but the latter as surviving eF-
eeutor mild not have the estate Wound
up mud such time as the courts decicieit.
who should get MiChitel Fraseee prop
erty. Thispoint having been disposed
•of by settlementylaho Irwin, executor
of the john •Praoer estate, appeared be- -
fere Judge Vance on April isearal asked
t�havehis aceountspaosed Mrs. Frasea
also appeared in pereon... .Ma,Vinlayeon,
acted for Mr: Irvvin and 1,31r. Arant lea.
Mrs. Amer., Arguniesit was heard amt
judgment reserved on a number of did
pufaa YraSeirs 'estate '
was probated at $60;47.a 78,made up Oa'
follows:. "Household effects, $010;. moi t.
gages, $16,632; cashin bank, 823;342:68.i
real estate, -830,0W If $.16,00a _were .
eaten:up by ligitation and a shaker sum
paid for_settlement,,±it would ;still ,leave ,
Mrs. Fraser in the neighborhood of
$100,000;a sum that waicertainly *nth
fighting for., • • ,•
Spring Seeding'
The dry fine weather of thepaSt two •
areeki has greatly favored -seeding oPer-
miens on the farm, and work has been
'going forward with „unusual_speeda
• This.week will See the bulk of the •
aspringlatelediegaleemplettadaa....A_Unanber
of aur correspondents report -farmers
already through. with grainasowing-Ilip-aa
Aeit has bee in exeelle_pe.conditioua, arrit,'aaa„.
with fall. wheat in good shape and grass
well advanced tile firmere certainly , are; -
getting away to a, good start. •
• _
E.EV RYBODY'S COLUMN
. .
. „
Walk/TED-Pasture for a 'number of cattle.'
224-p.• F. McMillan, Lucknow.
WE WANT all Raw 'Furs. We wal niky
highest market price for horse hair. '
DEIAON'S DRY 1..4001f3 Sl'oant, i lote. •
GOOD' GRASS FARM WA.NTED.-IVIlist .Y,e„
well fi3need, and plenty of water.
22444 -Pr 4. ,
-MONEY TO-LOMsf..----0- irlitortgageg-and -how. - • ,
at reasonable rates.. Fire tneurg.m.ei ban
&obit and .Mutual,CoMp.mies. *"
• uifai.,A. sicup4.r.a...s.13armer, Lucknow •
- --,Tug (";ilt4w,..-Revi. J. Um Stavairt,„of--- farther theytonte the worse theY:i_kill-.
•Whitachinch and Laaiiiide, vas tbe be whipped:: . ea , ,-
-speaker-at-the 'Guild. ineetrog-Tait-M.11-.. The Canadians are said to have ,, fest-
d;rsyt ni evening.issionar. -yEitio8
the fife and work of Rev. John GI Ilea;
tahded r New
es ,N, i , a
liskeelatcri. le.;*. aili3Oo0uotei,:o0 men. in nadian okoil_l_ed and wounded;
and the-Gerifiene claim -to liaVe'.-tiikeif
sses
wee full of inlornittion, -yet delivere .. are iipel-Vinef • an "heavy", and and to we
with alightness of touch which pleased . Canadians who are not tteeustonaed to
and held the attention ref the audience hailin..... billed, off theat
throughotit, The 'Guild, -we area sure, 5 mit cottntrymen
:appear So; 'Vat as loiiies go in this war,
will be glad when another opportunity and as compared with the British losses
of hearing Mr. Stewart is presented. -A-- 7i-cMons and again di -the battle of-
tinartette by , Misses Lizzie and Pearl Flanders they are ttivial., They aro
Henderson
Henderson and 'Carrie and Dein Geddes none the less regrettable; however (and
was very Pleasingly rendered, as wee one almost regret's the prisoners most),
.
also a duett bY Messrs. Towers and Ait-; but this is the piece of freedom. "Is life:
einem. • Rev. J. S. Duncan fatted as sodear or peace so sweet that, they are
-Cliairmlnaafaheameetingi_andhefore ina ,, - ,e ..,
-twepurchasockatethe!--price-of-chaitie
trodacing Mt. Stewart, &Wattledtilat and elavaryr
neV. 114, S, &hold; ot the ChtistianSyn, r
. ' ' • . •
This sewed battle of Flanders may
-For Sale
FOlt SALE.- Conifer:table Stanhope Buggs5,
nw
early ne. bas rubber Munion tire.s.. •
29444 •ae.. EUiort, Lucknow
j1191:tAtAo_LwEhisle_.(3rSweygnodittit0eirkiettlwitip014:
and ,Aneena dggs for setting.
•
FOR SALE.-Darred _Plymouth Reck eggs
. .
Choice matings. 5(.(1.ocAt.iititssrpeeeitAoril, ow. ,.
CORN -Feed born for saleat the Red Lilly..• ;
tor, ear of ..a.ulerican Just artiVed: ,
• car B. 0:Shingles. RERBIlIo.F. •
rEcoUsit: AND LOT tne Village ocLungno 4
ler Sale. Apply to *
A44.4 r... D. C. Towe
• agoglie,'Toronto, who had arrange& to it will not
Amersore
•
giye. the address before the Guild that ,4treataylast forjua wwee4k jalortlingt,t41.
evening, was"Prevented-fferiiaeentingahy-
•
in doubt. There is tici ground for fear
that the Germans will get through the
main ,Ailied lines nor capture Ypres.
There must be hundreds of thousands of
more or less idle British and 'Ir`eench
boons with tlaetisands of guns arida fair
,supply of ammunition in the rear all
along the line, and it is pity reasonable
to expect that these will shortly undo
\ the work of the Clem:Ian battering ram.
-Tteehersa.Conventiod This powerint •Clerinan_attack hes
The Executive ,Committee of the West alert:rid tiOapetisinotinsteitchingrospf eapseerroptwisret.tersOfloihr
Huron Teachers Aioociation met in the
-Exeter -Public School am -Satiardaya alta-• etiont•he have,beeti-,tellitigaira that
24th filet., to arrange for the next fensive had been knocked . out of the
'macho's' conventicle It was decided t\?; Germans arid that they would now settle
hold the convention in October anti t down to a defenet of their country,' Ha
request the Depattment of Education to while Germany hes three or four million
raid Dr. Dealnees, of London, as its men it, the field, there it no reason why.
representative. An interesting program at any time a half .nuilicti of these may
arranged for. . Those present were: not be concentrated for an attack upon
Miss M. A. and Messrs. %wan% any promising point. The Main consid.
llowark tlpark and ilohistept Wide etatieu lake to their eltalices of any on
*tour tonekvo; ipmtinttnd.04 ro
illness, He had, on reeeiving this in-
formation, eoinmanicated with Rev,
Stewart who kindly responded with the
address above referred to
The Devotional Committee, will he in
charge of the Meeting next Monday
ning when "Js of The Christian
Life" will be the topic • '
•
',COTTAGE VIM -half ,
4utp.-iattd,:now'stanieTgotal-vratel7-,-G
for quibiCsale; 'Apply to Box 253, Luckflow "
..aa-aaa-aa
••••••.... -
HOUSE FOJR. ALE•and eight 'acres of lan4.
tor scAorrenti:with good stablittglorrovit'..—
gOdd drive alleiFirey.evfailing
ti -newly -tiled -tins• sprrag',.; witti
.._good.pantminstnutside -of the -it'
iMekriew. For further partionlura apply U.
6.5-p. • . John i/alvow„,Lucknow, um,
Notice Re Dogg,
- All ovviers; possessors or harborera of -
dogs within the Village of Lucknow are
required to to procure from the luttlersign-•
ed a tag for every dog owned or harbored,
and pay the license fee therefor, which
tag must he attached to Midi dog- s• o
Owned or harbored, by a collar worn oh
each. dog's neck, according, to j3aalavie,
of the Village -Of Lucknow. -
which By-law tomes-into/ell force anil
effect on the first day of May, A. 1.), 1915.; \
/osura AGNEW, clerk;
29-4-e. _
PLANTS ANt):13OSIR
Herbert Res-pberi:y at $2.00 pee
' hundred. , --
Cuthbert, Marlboro and Golden
Queen At $1.50 2
reatorVabbage add 'Celery
A great 'variety of &were mieh
Gera,anins
_
Asters, Dahlias, also Booted
Climbing Roses, Dorothy. per.
• kin, Crimson \Ramblers And
many 'othets, •
• All good strong' plants.
•• Per . Sale at
Bannockburn Fruit tarn
Aisbirky4
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